... an aggressor by tough, wise love. In the movie "Ghandi", the great Indian leader is walking one day with a Presbyterian missionary, Charlie Andrews. The two suddenly find their way blocked by young thugs. The Reverend Andrews takes one look at the menacing gangsters and ... retaliate. Millions of Americans who are convinced that O.J. Simpson is guilty are yearning for retaliation. Suppose all of us answered this question honestly: Am I more eager that Mr. Simpson suffer for what I believe he did, or am I more ...
Charles Simpson of Mobile, Alabama tells of meeting a young man who dives for exotic fish for aquariums. This adventurous young man said that ... was eighteen, she eloped with a middle-aged man and they went to live in Africa. The marriage was a failure, so she returned to London and married a struggling artist who fathered Charlie, but then died at thirty-seven. Chaplin’s mother, once a singer, lost her voice; she lived on the edge of poverty, but nevertheless entrusted to her son a precious gift the belief ...
3. It's Not All That Bad
Luke 18:9-14, Mark 4:1-20
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Bill Bouknight
... too much, but never in front of the kids. I don't do any harm and it never causes me to miss a day of work. It's not all that bad." Many American churchgoers live in a state of denial. When Charlie Brown did something wrong, he felt humility. But when Bart Simpson does something wrong, he feels entitlement. What a huge moral slippage this reveals in our culture. (1) Jesus message of good news always began with the word "repent." "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." (Matthew 4:17) Jesus bragged on ...
